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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Een geweldig boek met veel sprongen tussen perspectieven van personages. Ik raad wel aan om iets van kennis over Doctor Who en het personage van River Song te hebben anders kan het best vaag zijn.
Alex Kingston shows that she's one of the best people to write about the character of River Song who she played on screen in Doctor Who. The book follows a recent tradition by BBC books of Doctor Who books authored by the actors who played them (following on from Tom Baker and Sophie Aldred).
Telling two stories that are intertwined that of River herself and also the character of Melody Malone who is herself an alter ego of River Song in the form of a pulp novel set in 1939 New York. The books flits about between River's story and the book within the book she is writing before the two stories eventually dovetail.
It's pretty twisty and turny moving from Stormcage a 52nd Century high security prison that is River's some time home to first Century Egypt and a meeting with Cleopatra and to 1930's New York and moving backwards and forwards from the fiction within the fiction.
It's a fun book. Probably best read if you're familiar with the character of River Song. Alex Kingston clearly loves the character and knows her well. We come across a number of familiar cameos on the way.
I do hope that Alex Kingston returns again to writing this character. No one knows her as well as the person who played her.
Telling two stories that are intertwined that of River herself and also the character of Melody Malone who is herself an alter ego of River Song in the form of a pulp novel set in 1939 New York. The books flits about between River's story and the book within the book she is writing before the two stories eventually dovetail.
It's pretty twisty and turny moving from Stormcage a 52nd Century high security prison that is River's some time home to first Century Egypt and a meeting with Cleopatra and to 1930's New York and moving backwards and forwards from the fiction within the fiction.
It's a fun book. Probably best read if you're familiar with the character of River Song. Alex Kingston clearly loves the character and knows her well. We come across a number of familiar cameos on the way.
I do hope that Alex Kingston returns again to writing this character. No one knows her as well as the person who played her.
This was awesome! A book about River Song/Melody Malone, written by the actress who plays her, and also narrated by said actress/writer. This was a fantastic whirlwind of timey-wimey stuff. Multiple characters and timelines, multiple stories within stories and all interwoven and connected so it all makes sense as much as a doctor who story can ever make sense.
Upon finishing this book, I walked around the house yelling, "It is just so well done!" Alex Kingston has proved that she has the voice of River Song living in her. The plot of this was so lovely and exciting. The fan service was everything you hope it would be. The tie-ins to all things Doctor Who was perfect. River telling a story through Melody and River perspectives was exciting. Both story lines drew you in, and you never wanted to leave either. I hope this opens the door for more things River, be it in another book or popping up in Season 13. I'm just so happy to have read it.
Full review here: https://theresnoenjoymentlikereading.co.uk/the-rubys-curse/
Trips up on itself in the middle once it abandons the book within a book for a bit, but finds its way again by the end. But overall good fun, and Alex Kingston’s narration is great.
3.5
To be clear, if you're not already a fan of Doctor Who, you're unlikely to enjoy this book. It's definitely a book for Whovians. My favorite bits were the places where the story called back to previous Doctor Who episodes and River Song escapades.
If I weren't a DW fan, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this book much. But, I loved the voices of River and Melody Malone, and I would absolutely read more books like this.
To be clear, if you're not already a fan of Doctor Who, you're unlikely to enjoy this book. It's definitely a book for Whovians. My favorite bits were the places where the story called back to previous Doctor Who episodes and River Song escapades.
If I weren't a DW fan, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this book much. But, I loved the voices of River and Melody Malone, and I would absolutely read more books like this.
I really struggled to get through this. But I'll read/watch/listen to anything involving River Song and enjoy it. I might try it again with the audiobook.